Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital
Regional Public Health Laboratory
PO Box 9015
Nijmegen
Netherlands
6500 GS
Email:
vossandreas@gmail.com
Biographical Sketch: Andreas Voss, Nijmegen, The Netherlands DEGREES 1997- PhD degree, Faculty of Medical Science, University of Nijmegen 1995 - Specialist registration Medical Microbiology in the Netherlands 1992 - Specialist Medical Microbiology in Germany 1989 - PhD degree, Faculty of Medical Science, Technical University of Munich 1987 - MD degree, Faculty of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Germany CURRENT POSITION Head, Department of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital Professor of Infection Control, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands MEMBERSHIPS - European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) - Hospital Infection Society, UK (HIS) - Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) - American Society of Microbiology (ASM) - International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID) - Workgroup Hospital-infection Epidemiology the Netherlands (ZIEN) - Infectious Diseases Society of the Netherlands and Flanders (VIZ) SPECIAL INTERESTS - Epidemiology of multi-resistant nosocomial pathogens (MRSA, VRE) - Systemic fungal infections - Handhygiene COUNCIL Present or former editorial board member: Journal of Hospital Infection, Clinical Performance and Quality Health Care, Infection, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, ACMA, ESCMID Executive Committee member (2000-2009) ECCMID Programme Director (2005-2009) PUBLICATIONS > 170 peer-reviewed journal publications multiple book chapters